1717 New American Empire

Sado Island, in modern society, is an island under the jurisdiction of Xinxie County in Japan. It covers an area of ​​857 square kilometers and has a population of about 88,000. It is the sixth largest island in Japan. And it is the target chosen by Lin Xin's Xinghan Society

.The reason why I chose this place is that since 1600

At the beginning, Sado Gold Mountain was discovered on Sado Island. In its heyday in the 17th century, it was said that the gold output of Sado Gold Mountain even reached the first place in the world. It has been the mainstay of the shogunate's finances for 300 years. At its peak, it could produce about

Nearly 40 tons of gold were produced.

If it is the company's machinery and equipment, it is certain that the output will be doubled. The specific number of times depends on the workers and the specific mine environment. With Sado Jinshan, the Xinghan Association will have enough funds to continue its revolutionary cause.

Revolution is not a dinner party. The words of Taizu of China are 100% correct. Whether it is developing ideas and doctrines or training armed troops, enough money is needed. If the Xinghan Society wants to succeed, it must have a stable source of money.

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More importantly, Lin Xin had the idea of ​​​​mining here. Sado Island gathered a large number of Japanese gold miners. Under the high-pressure rule of the shogunate, these miners did not even have basic human rights. They worked hard to mine every day, and in the end they only

Can get just enough food to survive starvation, even one

They don't have any decent clothes, and they can't even guarantee basic rest time. Heavy manual labor means people die every day in the gold mine. If that's the case, the key is that they can't get out of this kind of place.

Future generations will have to continue this life.

The shogunate is definitely not an enlightened socialist government. Japanese people also have such a character. They can scare everyone in the world if they are ruthless. Xiao Lin gave Lin Xin many things, one of which was the oppressed workers.

The class is the absolute main force of revolution

Lin Xin is convinced that as the Xinghan Society who saved them from hell, they will definitely be grateful to these miners. Coupled with the good life they provide and the brainwashing of revolutionary ideas, it won't be long before he can at least

More than 5,000 qualified warriors.

Even if it doesn't work, selling these miners to Xiao Lin is still a good price. For these miners, Xiao Lin also offered a high price. Xiao Lin has no intention of getting involved in China. China is a deep pool of water, and ordinary people can't even try.

Don't show off. Xiao Lin doesn't care about his identity.

Neither his behavior nor his behavior can win the approval of the landlords and scholars in China. This is not an era of enlightened people. The people will only act blindly following these people. If Xiao Lin takes over this place, he will not be able to just suppress the rebellion.

I know how many years of work it will take.

In this case, it is better to find a more suitable target. As an ancient civilization in China, many resources have been scarcely exploited, especially copper and oil. It is not easy to exploit the company's technical conditions. Precious metal mines, many companies temporarily

It is not used, but it is not unavailable in other places. Compared with China, the countries in other places are not that big and easier to occupy. Xiao Lin does not care about strong rule, or even genocide, and is not afraid of being unable to suppress the people below.

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Japan, in particular, is on the first line of Xiao Lin's capture list. First of all, it is not very far away. Secondly, due to the chaos of the shogunate and the continuous internal friction, the strength is not very strong. The warrior spirit they are proud of is in the kingdom.

They were vulnerable to automatic firepower. With their samurai spirit, they could not defeat the Americans and Soviets in World War II. Not to mention that their current weapons were worse than before World War I, but the Kingdom's weapons surpassed those of the late World War II.

The nature of Japanese people is good at obeying the strong. If you beat him until he cries for father and mother, he will treat you like your real father later. The Japanese Islands are rich in gold and silver resources, which is also a huge supplement to the kingdom's finances. These miners,

Take it over and train it well, then put it back and you can help

The kingdom attacked the city and conquered the territory, using barbarians to control barbarians. Therefore, Xiao Lin also agreed to attack Sado Island. Sado Island was not without defense. There was Aikawa Castle on it, which was well managed by the shogunate (It is difficult to check the history of Japan, so it is just a fiction)

, Xiaoxiao can’t help it, please forgive me).

Originally a small dilapidated city, after this period of development, it can be regarded as a medium-sized city. There are more than 10,000 people living in it, including 3,000 troops from the shogunate. Of course, most of them are cheap ashigaru.

The number of samurai is relatively small. The samurai in Japan have similar status to the knights in the European Middle Ages, but their treatment is slightly worse. In the gold mines, there are also a thousand troops, mainly to suppress the miners and prevent riots.

The city wall of Aikawa Castle is seven meters high. The width is not yet known, but there are a total of thirty large and small cannons arranged on it. Of course, they are all backward front-loaded bronze cannons, including European cannons and home-made earth cannons.

, even the red cannons of the Qing Dynasty were available. The shell format and caliber were not uniform, and the combat effectiveness was really limited. Among the four thousand ashigaru of the shogunate, two hundred cavalry, the armor was quite complete. The remaining iron cannon ashigaru, also

Just fifteen hundred.

Iron cannons are European muskets imitated by Japan, with large caliber and heavy weight. But it has to be said that its power, range and safety have far exceeded the muskets of the Qing Dynasty. The muskets of the Qing Dynasty were inherited from the Ming Dynasty. But

Ming Dynasty muskets are here

His poor performance on the battlefield made the Manchus, who advocated brute force, extremely despise him, and they never even thought of continuing to study it. Let’s not mention these. After the iron cannon ashigaru, there is the simplest spear foot without complete armor.

Light, basically cannon fodder.

Lin Xin is different. Although he only has 3,000 men at his disposal, 1,000 of them have to stay in China just in case. However, these 2,000 men all use the company's improved Hall M1819 rifles.

The power and range have reached the level of early bolt-action mature rifles. In terms of artillery, they are completely crushed. The Twenty-Gun Heavy Fist Type 1 and the Ten-Gun Heavy Fist Type II are enough to demolish the walls of Aikawa Castle and defeat their cavalry.

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Moreover, behind them was a fleet of thirty warships sent by Ijik. This time Ijik did not lead the team himself. He was self-aware and knew that he was getting old and would eventually retire. Therefore, he also began to cultivate the younger generation.

Naval officer. This time, the fleet leader

, they are two of the best young officers. One is Adam, who was an unsuccessful but very talented civilian navy in the British fleet. During his service, he learned the unique skills of most of the people on the ship, but due to his bloodline

, has never been promoted.

The other one is Ijik's second son, Cameron. Cameron has been suppressed by his eldest brother before. If Xiao Lin and the others hadn't appeared, he might have had to disguise himself as a playboy for the rest of his life. Later, he followed

Ijik joined the army, but his brother did not. Cameron could finally show his talents unscrupulously in the army, because he was protected by the army. If his elder brother dared to go against him, there would be many people to deal with his elder brother.

Cameron is the only one who graduated from the naval officer training class with excellent results in all subjects, and is now a lieutenant colonel. Ijik even gave up his elder brother for him and invested all his resources in him, hoping to train him

He became the second naval general of the family. Cameron served as the commander, and Adam served as the political commissar, with twenty modified ocean-going clippers, three modified sail cruisers, one modified sail battleship, and six submarine hunters.

Together with the ship, we arrived at a pirate ship on the coast of Fujian.

Without alerting the navy of the Qing Dynasty, they took the two thousand Xinghanhui soldiers here and headed to Sado Island together. When they arrived, it was early morning on Sado Island. People in Aikawa City were also hearing the sound of cockcrows.

They woke up. Some samurai also woke up at the geisha house, ending yesterday's madness and entering their posts with swaying steps. The Ashigaru were kicked up from the barracks by the samurai, picked up their weapons, and began to leave the barracks.

Let's see which profiteer we can extort a little extra money from today.

Suddenly, a rapid ringing of a bell rang, and the distant harbor suddenly became extremely noisy. The sound of the bell alarmed the samurai commander in Aikawa's city. He picked up a monocular telescope and looked over. Then

, his body froze. The people below could hear the alarm, but couldn't see what happened, and they were all running around in panic.

"Mikami-sama, what happened?"

At this time, the samurai commander Mikami Yucai reacted from the shock. He saw thirty completely unfamiliar warships. If it weren't for the warriors on the ship holding weapons that looked like muskets, he wouldn't even be sure that these were warships.

Ship. He himself deduced that those narrow steel tubes were also a kind of artillery. With so many people and so many ships coming here, it was definitely not a friendly visit. Mikami Yuuto couldn't help but think in his heart, the ship in his hand

Can this small army be able to fight against these yellow warriors with unique weapons?

He has even guessed where these people come from. It is impossible for Goryeo to have such strength. It can only be China. They are still very afraid of China.

"Enemy attack! It's an enemy, an enemy from the Qing Dynasty. I saw them. They are weapons I have never seen before, but they are certainly powerful."

"Wow..."

Hearing Mikami Yuuto's words, the samurai and ashigaru below were almost frightened to death. They felt a sense of despair when they thought of fighting against a huge empire with a population ten times theirs and an army ten times theirs. More

What's more, Mikami Yuuto also said that they all brought new weapons. If Mikami Yuuto and the shogunate behind him hadn't accumulated great power, they might have started to escape. Mikami Yuuto recovered and immediately organized people to prepare for defense.